Determining the value of an environmental public good, such as litigation over oil-spill damage to a beach, is an abstract and difficult task. Integration of economics and psychology enabled the study of how social responsibility and persuasive priming influenced the valuations of environmental public goods. Research participants were 460 university students randomly assigned to one of six comb...

To see whether the surrounding real estate price after soil and groundwater pollution remediation will revert to the level before the risk of implicit pollution, this paper uses research methods, such as the hedonic price method and contingent valuation method for analysis. The results of empirical analysis reveal that the hedonic price method will be restricted by trade cases around pollution ...

Employing attitude measures to explain valuation responses in contingent valuation studies has the potential to improve statistical analyses as well as interpretation of response information. In this paper, four types of attitude measures are compared for their ability to provide these benefits in the context of a contingent valuation of an air quality management plan for Sofia, Bulgaria. Findi...

Economic valuation of water is useful in the administration and management of water. Population growth and urbanization caused municipal water demand increase in Iran. Limited water resource supply and urban water network capacity raised complexity in water resources management. Present condition suggests using economic value of water as a criterion for allocating policies and feasibility study...

Abstract Over the last few years, interest on alternative protein sources, such as edible insects, has been growing rapidly. However, Western consumers’ acceptance of insects a food source is very low, mainly due to unfamiliarity with insect-based food. We investigate attitude and behavior estimate their willingness pay (WTP) premium for three products that vary between-subjects basis, direct o...

The over-exploited groundwater resources on the North China Plain have caused ecological problems, including lowering of the groundwater table, enlarging the depression zone and land subsidence. The contingent valuation method, a technique that reveals peoples’ preferences, is applied to measure the in situ value of groundwater in order to provide policy makers information on protection and res...

The telehealth system is a type of telecare, which transmits health-related data of its users such as blood pressure, ECG, and blood oxygen to a remote medical institution via a telecommunications network. Eighty Japanese local governments are already implementing such systems, utilizing a total of more than 10,000 devices. This paper analyzes the economic benefits of the telehealth system in t...

Over 380000 tons of vegetable waste is produced annually in the “Campo de Dalías” zone (Almería, Spain), deriving from the diverse existing crops grown under plastic cover). Landfills containing this vegetable waste are a potential breeding ground for diseases and pests, they can also be the subject of uncontrolled burning, cause a riverbed blockage and, at the same time, they are an unsightly ...

China’s Grassland Eco-Subsidy Program has been implemented since 2011 to protect and sustain grassland resources improve the economic situation of herders. In this case study, we aimed evaluate policy from perspective pastoral differentiations their willingness accept (WTA) eco-subsidy. Using contingent valuation method (CVM), interviewed 410 herder households in grass–livestock balance sub-pol...